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J. M. STEIN. PRESSER FORM. APPLICATION rmm NOV. 29, 1907.

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JACOB M. STEIN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

PRESSER-FORM.

Application filed November 29, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Mosns STEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Presser-Forms, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoulder pressing device for garments.

In the pressing of garments, it has been difficult to press theshoulders of coats expeditiously and satisfactorily. The shoulders ofcoats are usually pressed upon the wellknown bosom or presser blockswhich tend to defeat rather than accomplish the object in view. In theuse of this old type of block, the shoulder of the garment is placedupon the narrower end of the pressing surface thereof. A. damp cloth isthen placed over the shoulder and a hot iron passed over the damp clothto steam the cloth of the garment so that the latter may be stretched.This stretching of the material of the garment is usually accomplishedby grasping the material upon opposite sides of the block and stretchingthe same by hand over the latter. The stretching is done alternatelywith the application. of the hot iron. he ordinary bosom or presserboards present a flat upper surface and when the steamed material of thegoods is stretched thereover it tends to flatten or broaden theshoulders from front to rear in direct contradistinction to a narrowingand raising of the shoulders. To effect a proper or high shoulderedgarment it is essential that the shoulder be raised and narrowed fromfront to rear. An expert presser, regardless of the time he may consume, cannot possibly shape the opposite shoulders alike with the use ofthe ordinary "bosom or presser board or block, one side almostinvariably being lower than the other, and surely so when considerabletime and. patience are not manifested in the work. The fact of thematter is that the workman is compelled to guess whether he has shapedboth shoulders alike. The workman is also hindered in his work in thathe must continually shift the garment from one position to another uponthe old type of block. In tailoring establishments time is obviously ata premium and it is requisite to the best interests of the establishmentthat the garments be not only expeditiously but satisfactorily pressedto give the garment the proper shape or effect.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 404,404.

In the use of my improved shoulder presser form, both shoulders areraised to the same degree and shaped alike, without shifting the garmentfrom one position to another upon the form.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shoulder presser formembodying such characteristics that incident to the alternate steamingand stretching of the goods, the material thereof at the shoulders willbe lifted upwardly and narrowed instead of flattened from front to rearto present high square shoulders upon each side of the garment.

Another object of the invention is to in sure the proper shaping of eachshoulder in the quickest possible time without the continual movement ofthe garment to different positions upon the presser form, the form inthe present instance itself providing the necessary shape and obviatingthe necessity of shifting the garment from one position to anotherduring the pressing operation.

It is still a further object of my invention to provide a pivotedpresser block constructed and arranged for detachable engagement withthe ordinary bosom or presser form or any other support.

It is still further designed to provide a shoulder presser formembodying such characteristics that it may be rocked for the purpose ofstretching the goods during the pressing operation, obviating thenecessity of the expert presser using both hands to stretch the materialover opposite sides of the form as is necessary in the use of the oldtype of ironing block or board.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, proportion, size and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of my invention,illustrating in full lines the initial position of the form and indotted lines the operating position, a portion of a garment also beingshown. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a face view of the plate for thesupport of the garment holding fingers. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsectional view of the invention. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view.Fig. 8 is a detailed perspective view of the preferred form of arm-pitengaging means. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the invention illustratinga modified form of arm-pit engaging means. Fig. 10 is a face view of theplate fitted over the inner end of the form and which covers thetransverse groove in the forward end of the form.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thereference character 1 indicates an ordinary bosom or presser block towhich my improved presser form is detachably secured by means of asuitable clamping bracket 2 designed to embrace the narrower end 3 ofthe pressing surface of the old type of block 1.

The character 4 indicates my improved presser form, and 5 one form ofarm-pit engaging means, the presser block having its bottom inclinedfrom an intermediate point toward one end and at such intermediate pointthere being provided spaced recesses 6 designed to receive the spacedperforated ears 7 formed at the top of the aforesaid bracket 2, whichears are designed to receive the pivot bolt 8 passed transverselythrough the form 4 whereby the latter may have pivotal movement for apurpose hereinafter explained.

To secure the bracket 2 and consequently the form 4, upon the ordinarybosom or presser board. or other support against accidentaldisplacement, I provide the bottom of the bracket 2 with ascrew-threaded perforation in which works a thumb screw 9 whose shankportion is designed to engage the lower face of the part 3 of theordinary presser board, as shown. This thumb screw 9 has a thumb nut 10working upon it for the purpose of clamping between it and the lowerface of the bracket 2, the arm-pit engaging member 11, illustrated inFig. 9.

One end of my improved presser form is shaped to fit the shoulderportion of the garment as indicated at 12, and the other end 13 of thepresser form is shaped to fit the collar of the garment, the front, topand back of the form between the collar and shoulder portions 12 and 13respectively, being concaved and merged into said end portions. Theinner end of the presser form is provided with a curved handle 14through the instrumentality of which the presser form may be rocked uponits pivot 8 to stretch the mate rial during the pressing operation.However, this curved handle member 14 is not absolutely necessary in theuse of my invention, for in this p articular embodiment of my inventionI provide for its use without the employment of a handle, as will behereinafter fully explained. The presser form is preferably covered byfabric or other suitable material 15.

The bracket 2, in addition to having the spaced perforated ears 7, hasan rip-standing segment 16 arranged between the ears for disposition inthe elongated recess 17 between the aforesaid recesses 6, and whichopens through the collar end 13 of the form 4. The aforesaid pivot bolt8 passes through this segment plate 16 and the latter has its teeth 18'arranged for engagement by the inner end of the pivoted dog 19 whichlies in the elongated recess 17 and extends slightly beyond the inner orthe collar end of the form 4 through the slot 37 of the plate 37 so thatit may be moved upon its pivot 20 out of engagement with said teeth 18to permit of a return. movement of the form to its normal position, thedog carrying a spring 21 for engagement with the aforesaid curved handlemember 14 to hold the dog normally in engagement with the teeth of thesegment plate 16. If the handle 14 is not used a plate 14 may be fittedto the bottom of the form 4 over said elongated recess 17 for engagementby said spring 21 of the dog 19. Thus the form 4 may have a step by stepmovement in the stretching of the garment during the pressing operation,incident to engagement of the dog 19 with the teeth of the segment plate16, the step by step movement being accomplished by ones hand engagingthe handle member 14, but preferably by the iron held in one hand of theoperator to give the latter the free use of his other hand. The dog 19prevents accidental backward movement of the form 4.

The arm-pit engaging means 5 consists of an arm 22 having its inner endsecured between the lower portion of the ordinary presser board and theplate 23 secured to the latter, said arm having an up-standing portion24 and an inwardly directed. portion 25 terminating in a clamping member25 for coiiperation with the clamping member 26 on the inner end of theoperating lever 27, which latter is pivoted to the part 25 ofthe arm pitengaging means 5, said operating lever 27 having spaced ears 28 for thepivotal reception of the dog 29 whose inner end engages the teeth 30 ofa plate 31 mounted upon the part 25 of the arm-it engaging member 5. Thedog 29 serves to ock the garment clamping members tightly in engagementwith the garment. A spring 32 has engagement with the locking dog 29 tohold the latter against accidental disengagement with the teeth 30, andagainst the tension of which spring the locking dog maybe operated tothrow the clamping members 26 and 25 out of cooperation. These clampingmembers 26 and 25 are designed to engage and clamp the material of thegarment upon the outside of the latter at or immediately beneath thearm-pit of the garment to hold the latter firmly during the operation ofthe form 4 in the stretching operation. Said clamping members endthereof to engage the armit of the garment to effect a stretching of thegarment when the form is moved upon its pivot, and means constructed andarranged at the collar end of the form for engagement with the collar ofthe garment to hold the garment against displacement upon the formduring the stretching operation.

3. The combination with a presse form, of means constructed and arrangedto pivotally mount the form and permit of its pivotal movement in onedirection when. pressure is applied thereto, means cooperating with theform to effect a stretching of the garment during said pivotal movementof the form, and fingers pivotally carried by the form for engagementwith the garnient to hold the latter in place upon the form during saidstretching operation.

4. The combination with a support; of a bracket secured to the supportand provided with spaced up-standing ears; a presser form having spacedrecesses in its bottom to receive said ears; a pivot pin passedtransversely through the presser form whereby the latter is pivotallymounted upon the bracket; an arm-pit engaging means arranged tocooperate with the form; and garment engaging fingers operatingindependently o1 the arm-pit engaging means to hold the garment upon theform during the stretching of the garment between the form and armpitengaging means during movement of the form upon its pivot.

5. The combination with a support; of a bracket secured to the supportand provided with spaced upstanding cars; a presser form having spacedrecesses in its bottom to receive said ears; a pivot pin passedtransversely through the presser form whereby the latter is pivotallymounted upon the bracket; an arm-pit engaging means; and garment holdingmeans carried by the form to hold the garment upon the latter duringpivotal movement of the form.

6. The combination with a presser form, of means constructed andarranged to pivotally mount the form and permit of its pivotal movementin one direction when pressure is applied thereto, means cooperatingwith the form to efiect a stretching of the garment during said pivotalmovement of the form, spring controlled fingers pivotally carried by theform for engagement with the garment to hold the latter in place uponthe form during said stretching operation, and locking means to holdsaid fingers against the action of their spring.

7. In a shoulder pressing device, a presser form, means constructed andarranged to mount the form for a step by step pivotal movement in onedirection when pressure is applied thereto, means constructed andarranged to engage the garment at one of its arm-pits to effect astretching of one of the shoulders of the garment during the step bystep movement of the form, and fingers constructed and arranged toengage the collar of the garment to prevent displacement of the latterfrom the form when the form is moved during said stretching operation.

8. The combination with a support, of a bracket engaging the support, apresser form pivotally mounted upon the bracket, means constructed andarranged for engagement with the arm-pit oi the garment to hold thelatter when the form is moved in one direction upon its pivot to effecta stretching of the shoulder of the garment, means whereby the presserform may be moved step by step upon its pivot during the stretching ofthe shoulder of the garment, and other means constructed and arrangedindependently of said arm-pit engaging means to engage the collarportion of the garment to prevent sliding displacement of the latterfrom the form while the shoulder portion of the garment is beingstretched.

9. In a shoulder pressing device, a presser form, means constructed andarranged to mount the form for a step by step pivotal movement in onedirection when pressure is applied thereto, means constructed andarranged for engagement with the garment to hold the latter and effect astretching of the shoulder of the garment during the step by stepmovement 01' the form, and spring controlled fingers constructed andarranged upon opposite sides of the "form for engagement with the collarportion of the garment to hold the collar portion of the garment andconsequently the shoulder portion thereof against displacement from theform during said stretching operation.

10. The combination with a presser form, of means for pivotally mountingthe form intermediate its ends for an alternate raising and lowering ofits ends, means arranged for cooperation with the form to stretch thegarment between the form and said means, and means for holding thegarment up on the form during the stretching operation.

11. The combination with a presser form, of spring controlled fingerscarried by the form for engagement with the garment to hold the latterin place upon the form.

12. The combination with a presser form, of fingers pivotally mountedand adapted "for engagement with the garment to hold the latter in placeupon the form, a spring having connection with said. fingers to hold thesame normally in operative position, and a locking means between thefingers to hold the latter in inoperative position against the tensionof the aforesaid spring.

13. The combination with a pivoted presser form for garments having agroove in one end; of a plate fitted over the groove and provided withinwardly directed lugs and also provided with outwardly directed earspreferably carrying rubber or other material a to prevent frictionbetween the same and the garment.

In order that the garment, and especially the collar portion thereof mayremain in one position upon the form 4 during the stretching operation,I provide a pair of collar or garment engaging fingers 34. These fingers34 are each provided with an inwardly directed, perforated lug 35 forpivotal mounting upon the lugs 36 of the plate 37, which plate issecured by screws or other suitable fastenings 38 to the inner or collarend of the form 4, it being seen that the lugs 36 are formed one at eachend of said plate '37. This plate 37 has a lug secured to its rear facein any suitable manner and provided with the ears 38 intermediate itsends which project into the transverse groove 33 of the form 4 and whichears are beveled in opposite directions to accommodate between them thecorresponding intermediate coil of the transversely disposed helicalspring 39 disposed in said groove 33 which has its ends secured in theeyes 49 in the ends of the inwardly directed lugs 50 of the aforesaidfingers 34. When the fingers 34 are rocked away from the form the spring39 is placed under tension so that when the locking means of saidfingers is unfastened, the spring will quickly return the fingers intooperative rclation with the form to hold the garment against movementduring the stretching operation. Thus it will be understood that thefingers 34 have a tendency to move toward each other at their inner endsby virtue of the spring 39, and in order to hold said fingers out oftheir normal positions or away from the form 4, I bifurcate one of thearms 34 at its outer end to provide spaced ears 5]. (see Fig. 1) for thereception of the inner end of the locking arm 52 whose inner end isprovided with an extension 53 for engagement with the flat spring 54secured at one of its ends to one of said arms 34 so that the lockingarm 52 may always be in position to present its hooked outer end 55 inthe opening 56 of the opposite arm 34, as best seen in Fig. 5. I

In Fig. 9 it will be seen that the arm-pit engaging member 11 instead ofengaging the outside of the garment is designed to engage the insidethereof, said arm-pit member 11 being provided with a slot whereby itmay slide into and out of position upon the shank of the thumb screw 9or be adjusted thereupon. This arm-pit engaging member 11 forms part ofthe subject matter of my copending application, Ser. No. 375,255, filed,

flay 23,1907.

In the use of my invention, and especially in connection. with thepreferred form there of, the coat sleeve at the shoulder is placed uponthe form 4 near the shoulder end of the latter when it is in itslowermost position,

such lowermost position being indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. Thearmit engaging means 5 is then brought into 0 amping engagement with thegarment at or beneath the arm-pit upon the outside of the garment.Either before or after the engagement with the garment, as may bepreferred, the garment engaging fingers 34 are released so that they mayengage the collar portion of the garment. Either before or after thefingers 34 move into operative position a damp cloth is placed over theshoulder part of the garment and a hot iron applied to steam thematerial of the coat and press the latter. The coat being steamedfacilitates the stretching thereof and this stretching of the goods isessential to the proper shaping of the garment. The pressing workman, ashe presses the garment with the iron in his right hand, may use his lefthand to engage either the handle 14 or the inner or collar end of theform to depress the latter at its inner end to raise the outer orshoulder end of the form.

In the use of my invention, it is most necessary that the operator holdthe iron in one hand and with the other hand move the presser form uponits pivot. On the contrary, the operator may shift the form in thismanner or he may hold the iron in one hand and by pressing the iron witha certain force upon the inner end of the form, the latter may be movedupon its pivot. In other words, the operator may press the garment andduring the pressing thereof move the form for stretching purposeswithout using his other hand, there being means provided to preventbackward movement of the form during the ironing and stretchingoperations, and yet permit of the forward pivotal or step by stepmovement of the form to effect the stretching of the garment during theironing thereof.

What is claimed is 1. In a coat shoulder pressing device, thecombination with a pivoted form, of means cooperating with the form tostretch the shoulder portion of the coat when the form is moved upon itspivot, and other means constructed and arranged independently of theaforesaid means to engage the collar portion of the coat and hold thelatter against displacement from the form while the shoulder portion ofthe coat is being stretched.

2. In a shoulder pressing device, a pivoted presser form having itsinner end terminating in a flaring portion to provide a collar ironingsurface and having its outer end terminating in a flaring portion toprovide a pronounced shoulder ironing surface, the portion of the formbetween the collar and shoulder ends having its top concaved tocorrespond with the depressions in the garment between the collar andshoulders of the latter, of means constructed and arranged beneath theform at the shoulder garment engaging fingers each having ears pivotallymounted upon the corresponding ears of said plate, the said garmentengaging fingers also each having a lug, and a spring mounted in theaforesaid groove of the form and having connection with said lugs of theplate and the lugs of the garment engaging fingers to bring the innerends of the latter into engagement with said form.

1 1. The combination with a pivoted presser form for garments having oneend shaped to provide a shoulder pressing portion and the other endshaped to provide a collar pressing portion; an arm-pit engaging meanscooperating with said form; means carried by the form to hold thegarment upon the latter during operation of the form including garmentengaging fingers; and a loclring means cooperating with said garmentengaging fingers to hold the inner ends of the latter away from theform.

15. The combination with a pivoted presser form for garments having agroove in one end of a plate fitted over said groove and provided withinwardly directed lugs and also provided. with outwardly directed ears;garment engaging fingers each having an ear pivotally mounted to thecorresponding ears of said plate, the said garment engaging fingers alsoeach having a lug, a spring mounted in the aforesaid groove of the formand having connection with the lugs of the garment enga ing fingers tobring the inner ends of the latter into engagement with said form; and aspring controlled locking means arranged at the outer ends of thegarment engaging fingers to hold the inner ends of the latter out ofengagement with said form against the action of the aforesaid spring.

16. The combination with a presser form for garments having a groove inits inner end, a spring disposed in said groove, and. garment holdingfingers ivotally mounted at the inner end of the form and havingconnection with said spring.

1.7. The combination with a presser form for garments having a groove inone end, of a spring mounted in said groove; garment holding fingerspivotally mounted at one end of said form and having connection withsaid spring; and a locking means cooperat ing with said fingers to holdthe latter against the action of the spring.

18. The combination with a presser form having one end terminating in ashoulder ironing surface and its opposite end terminating in a collarironing surface, of means for pivotally mounting the form intermediateits ends for an alternate raising and lowering of said ends, meansconstructed and arranged to hold the garment upon the form during theoperation of the latter, and means spaced from the form and independentof the garment holding means to effect a stretching of the garmentbetween it and the shoulder end of the form.

19. In a shoulder pressing device, the combination with a presser form,of means constructed and arranged to pivotally mount the form for analternate raising and lowering of its opposite ends, of an arm-pitholding means including an arm terminating at one end in a clampingmember, and a lever pivoted upon the arm and having a clamping end forcooperation with the aforesaid clamping member, said clamping membersbeing adapted to hold the garment to permit of a stretching of thelatter during the raising of one end of the form.

20. The combination with a presser form having its inner end terminatingin a flaring portion to provide a collar ironing surface and having itsouter end terminating in a flaring portion to provide a shoulder ironingsurface the portion of the form between the collar and shoulder endshaving its top concave to correspond with the depression in the garmentbetween the collar and shoulder of the garment, and means carried by theform to hold the garment in place upon the latter.

21. The combination with a pivoted presser form having its inner endterminating in a flaring portion to provide a collar ironing surface andhaving its outer end terminating in a fiaring portion to provide ashoulder ironing surface the portion of the form between the collar andshoulder ends having its top concave to correspond with the depressionin the garment between the collar and shoulder of the garment, meansconstructed and arranged for cooperation with the form to stretch thegarment between the form and said means, and inde pendent means forholding the garment upon the form.

22. In a shoulder pressing device, the combination with a presser form,of an armpit engaging means including an arm having an extension bentback upon itself, said eX- tension terminating in a clamping member, alever pivotally mounted upon the extension and provided with a clampingmember for cooperation with the aforesaid clamping member, and means forlocking the clamping members in operative position.

23. The combination with a pivoted presser form; of an arm-pit engagingmeans cooperating with said form, including an arm having an upwardlydirected portion whose free end terminates in a clamping member; asecond clamping member terminating in a lever; said second lever beingpivotally mounted: a toothed plate; a locking dog carried by the leverof the second clamping iember for engagement with the teeth of saidtoothed plate to lock the clamping member in cooperative position.

24. The combination with a support; of a bracket secured to the supportand provided with spaced rip-standing ears and a toothed segment platearranged between the ears a presser form having spaced recesses in itsbottom to receive said ears and said toothed segment plate; a pivot pinpassed transversely through the presser form and through the ears andsegment plate; an arm-pit engaging means; a spring actuated dog arrangedin one of the aforesaid recesses for engagement with the teeth of thesegment plate to prevent backward movement of the presser form when thelatter is moved in one direction upon its pivot; and garment holdingmeans cooperating with said form.

25. The combination with a support; of a bracket secured to the supportand provided with spaced up-standing ears and a toothed segment platearranged between the cars; a

resser form having spaced recesses in its ottom to receive said ears andsaid toothed segment plate; a pivot pin passed transversely through theears and segment plate; an arm-pit engaging means; a spring actuated dogarranged in one of the aforesaid recesses for engagement with the teethof the segment plate to prevent backward movement of the presser formwhen the latter is moved in one direction upon its pivot; garmentholding means carried by the form for cooperation with the latter; andmeans yieldably connecting said holding means.

26. The combination with a presser form, of an arm-pit engaging means,and pivotally mounted garment holding fingers cooperating with saidform.

27. In a shoulder pressing device, a movably mounted form, meansconstructed and arranged for cooperation with the form to engage thegarment at the arm-pit to effect a stretching of the garment when theform is moved, and other means independent of the arm-pit engaging meansconstructed and arranged to engage the collar portion of the garment tohold the collar portion thereof in place upon the form while the garmentis being stretched between the form and said arm-pit engaging means.

28. In a shoulder pressing device, a movable presser form having itsinner end terminating in a flaring portion to provide a collar ironingsurface and having its outer end terminating in a flaring portion toprovide a pronounced shoulder ironing surface, the portion of the formbetween the collar and shoulder ends having its top concaved tocorrespond with the depressions in the garment between the collar andshoulders of the garment, means constructed and arranged for cooperationwith the form and adapted to engage the arm-pit of the garment to holdthe latter while the form is being moved to effect a stretching of theshoulder portion of the garment, and fingers carried by the form at thecollar end thereof for movement toward and away from the sides of theform to engage the collar portion of the garment and hold the latteragainst movement upon the form during the stretching operation.

29. The combination with a presser form, of means for pivotally mountingthe form intermediate its ends so that the opposite ends of the form maybe raised and lowered alternately, means disposed beneath the form forengagement with the arm-pit of the garment to effect a stretching of thelatter between the arm-pit engaging means and one end of the form whensuch end of the latter is raised, and means carried by the form andindependent of the arm-pit engaging means to hold the garment in placeupon the form during said stretching operation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB M. STEIN.

\Vitnesses G. W. I-IUTornsoN, Jr., JAY B. SMITH.

